On Apr 3, 4:58 pm, "\(The real\) Douglas"
wrote:
"joe mama" wrote in message

...
:: "Annika1980" wrote in message

oups.com...
: On Apr 1, 10:23 pm, "joe mama" wrote:
: http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/76509239/original
:
: Is this a hard and fast rule like the Rule of Thirds?
: The trouble with rules like that is that they limit what you can
: shoot.
:
: standard cop out from bad shooters. of course rules are meant to be
broken,
: but usually for effect, and good effect. hardly what i'd say was going on
: here. one slight twist to your right could have solved the problem.
:
: There is no way to get both the eyes in focus shooting @ f/1.8 unless
: I am equidistant from both eyes (the cat is looking right at me).
:
: the other poster already explained other alternatives. look, it's a
: snapshot, and a rather pedestrian one at that. if you really wanted to
show
: the beauty of the lens, then shoot something that would have allowed for
it.
:
: you can't post twenty things in here (incorrectly placed posts too) a day,
: and not expect any criticism. i sense you have a regular group of buddies
: that give you the proper ego massage, but that's not always going to be
the
: case. did you actually post this in a relevant newsgroup as well?
:
:
------------------------------------
You're being a bit hard Joe.
In his own words he's "just an amateur and has nothing to lose".
Anyone who thinks F/1.8 is a "Portrait" specific aperture is most definitely
an amateur.

You are entirely right about the picture. Just a happy snap that is sharply
presented, thanks to expensive gear. If it amuses the child to take pics of
his cat, he just joins with every kid who gets a digicam for Christmas.
Those who fawn over him are probably like minded individuals with nothing
else to do but massage each other with cyber sex.

FWIW. The rule of thirds is impossible to adhere to. It is a concept rather
than a rule. The concept being that one tries to accommodate elements in a
picture which comprise quantity rather than measurement. With portraiture of
a single creature (human or feline), for example, there is some support for
breaking up the features of the subject into thirds rather than the whole
picture itself. In such case, having a third eye would produce a
technically correct "rule of thirds" compliant picture. Do you get a monthly
nose bleed, by any chance Bret?

Douglas

* * *

"Do you get a monthly
nose bleed, by any chance Bret?"

Douglas, even if your life depended on it, you couldn't even be half
the man Bret is!